Academy for Educational Development

LC control no.	n 79109249
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Academy for Educational Development *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	A.E.D. AED
See also	Product of merger: FHI 360 (Organization) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	1961
Ending date	2011
Located	Washington (D.C.)
Found in	Clapp, V. W. The libraries of the State-assisted ... 1964. Graduate international fellowships, guidelines for applicants, 1999: p. 1 (Academy for Educational Development (AED)) p. 4 of cover (Washington, DC) Its web site, 11/10/1999: at Overview (Academy for Educational Development, est'd in 1961; an independent, nonprofit service org.; under contracts and grants, AED operates programs in collaboration with businesses, gov't agencies, nongovernmental and community orgs., universities, etc.; is registered with the U.S. Agency for International Development as a private voluntary org.) FHI 360 website, viewed July 31, 2020 banner (fhi360, the science of improving lives) About us; History (2011: Family Health International and the Academy for Educational Development came together to create FHI 360; the new organization expanded our capabilities to include nutrition, education, economic development, civil society, and other areas) Wikipedia, July 31, 2020 (AED (non-profit); AED, Ideas Changing Lives (logo); AED, formerly the Academy for Educational Development (1961-2011) was a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that focused on education, health and development for the "least advantaged in the United States and developing countries around the world"; it was a member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition; originally focused on providing technical assistance related to higher education management in the U.S.; executive compensation controversy emerged in 2009, and USAID suspended AED from new contracts in Dec. 2010 due to evidence of "serious corporate misconduct"; on June 30, 2011, AED signed a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice; concurrently, AED executed a transfer of its programs and employees to another USAID contractor NGO, Family Health International, creating a new entity, FHI 360; with that, AED effectively ceased to exist)